Question: Can you help with the ID of this plant? Originally I thought it was one of the glassworts, but now …
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Can you help with the ID of this plant? Originally I thought it was one of the glassworts, but now I'm leaning toward Sesuvium. though GoBotany doesn't show the one species listed to be in this area (Deer Island, Amesbury) The flowers seem to match, though in this case they seem to be forming on the tip of the stem, rather than the side.
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Chaffeemonell, you have photographed Spergularia marina (saltmarsh sand-spurry). This is a frequent species in saline marshes and along beach strands in much of New England. If you examine it closely in the field, you can see the stipules that would distinguish this from vegetative Sesuvium maritimum. Best wishes.
